I. Ancient India
BC
2500-1750 - Indus
valley Civilization
563-483 - Buddha's
life span
540-465 - Mahavir's
Life Span
327-326 - Alexander's
invasion of lndia.lt opened a land mute between India and Europe
322 - Accession of Chandragupta Maurva.
305 - Defeat of Selecus at the hands ot Chandragupta Maurva.
273-232 - Ashoka's
reign.
261 - Conquest of Kaiinga.
145-101 - Reign
of Elara, the Chola king of Sri Lanka.
58 - Beginning of Vikram era.
AD
78 - Beginning of Saka era.
78-101 - Kanishka's
reign.
319-320 - Commencement
of Gupta era.
380 - Accession of Chandragupta II Vikramaditya
405-411 - Visit
of Chinese traveller Fahien.
415 - Accession of Kumaragupta I
455 - Accession of Skandagupta.
606-647 - Harshavardhan's
reign.
II.
Medivial India
712 - first invasion in Sindh by Arabs (Mod. Bin Qasim).
836 - Accession of King Bhoja of Kannauj.
985 - Accession of Rajaraja, the Chola ruler.
998 - Accession of Sultan Mahmud Ghazni.
1001 - First invasion of India by Mahmud Ghazni who defeated Jaipal,
ruler of Punjab
1025 - Destruction of Somnath Temple by Mahmud Ghazni,
1191 - first Battle of Tarain.
1192 - Second Battle of Tarain.
1206 - Accession of Qutubuddin Aibak to the throne of Delhi.
1210 - Death of Qutubuddin Aibak.
1221 - Chengiz Khan invaded India (Mongol invasion)
1236 - Accession of Razia Sultana to the throne of Delhi
1240 - Death of Razia Sultan
1296 - Accession Of Alauddin Khilji
1316 - Death of Alauddin Khilji
1325 - Accession Of Muhammad bin Tughlaq
1327 - Transfer of Capital from Delhi to Devagiri (Daulatabad) in
Deccan by Muhammad- bin Tughlaq
1336 - foundation of Vijay nagar empire in the South
1351 - Accession of Firoz Shah Tughlaq.
1398 - Timur's Invasion ol India.
1469 - Birth of Guru Nanak.
1494 - Accession of Babur in Farghana
1497-48 - First
voyage of Vasco Da Gama to India (Discovery of Sea route to India via the Cape
Of Good Hope)
1526 - First Battle of Panipat; Babur defeated Ibrahim Lodhi;
foundation of Mughal dynasty by Babur.
1527 - Battle of Khanwa—Babur defeated Rana Sanga.
1530 - Death of Babur and accession of Humayun.
1539 - sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun in the battle of Chausa and
became India’s emperor.
1555 - Humayun recaptured the throne of Delhi.
1556 - Second Battle of Panipat (Akbar defeated Hemu).
1556 - Battle of Talikota (Rakshasa-Tangadi).
1576 - Battle of Haldighati—Rana Pratap was defeated by Akhar.
1582 - Din-i-Ilahi founded by Akbar.
1600 - English East India Company established
1605 - Death of Akbar and accession of Jahangir
1606 - Execution of Guru Arjun Dev, the 5th Guru of Sikhs.
1611 - Jahangir marries Nurjahan.
1615 - Sir Thomas Roe visits Jahangir.
1627 - Birth of Shivaji and death of Jahangir.
1628 - Shahjahan becomes emperor of India.
1631 - Death of Mumtazmahal.
1634 - The English permitted to trade in India (in Bengal)
1659 - Accession of Aurangzeb, Shahjahan imprisoned.
1665 - Shivaji imprisoned by Aurangzeb.
166l6 - Death of Shahjahan.
1675 - Execution of Guru Teg Bahadur, the 9th Guru of Sikhs.
1680 - Death of Shivaji.
1707 - Death of Aurangzeb.
1708 - Death of Guru Gobind Singh, the 10th Guru of Sikhs.
1739 - Nadir Shah invades India
III.
Modern India
1757 - Battle of Plassey, establishment of British political rule in
lndia at the hands of Lord Clive.
1761 - Third Battle-of Panipat
1764 - Battle of Buxar
1765 - Clive appointed Company’s Governor in India
1767-69 - First
Anglo-Mysore war
1780 - Birth of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
1780-84 - Second
Anglo-Mysore war
1784 - Pitt’s India Act
1790-92 - Third
Anglo-Mysore War
1793 - The Permanent Settlement of
Bengal
1799 - Fourth Anglo-Mysore War—Death of Tipu-Sultan.
1802 - Treaty of Bassein
1809 - Treaty of Amritsar.
1829 - Practice of Sati prohibited.
1830 - Raja Rammohan Roy visits England.
1833 - Death of Raja Rammohan Roy at Bristol, England.
1839 - Death of Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
1839-42 - First
Anglo-Afghan War.
1845-46 - First
Anglo-Sikh War.
1852 - Second Anglo-Burmese War.
1853 - First Railway line opened between Bombay and Thane and a
Telegraph line in Calcutta.
1857 - The Sepoy Mutiny or First War of Independence.
1861 - Birth of Rabindranath Tagore.
1869 - Birth of Mahatma Gandhi
1885 - Foundation of Indian National Congress.
1889 - Birth of Jawaharlal Nehru.
1897 - Birth of Subhash Chandra Bose.
1903 - Tibet Expedition (Young Husband delegation)
1905 - Partition of Bengal by lord Curon.
1906 - Foundation of Muslim League by Salimullah (Nawab of Dhaka) at
Dhaka
1911 - Delhi Darbar, king and Queen visit India; Delhi becomes the
capital of India]
1914 - World War l begins
1916 - Lucknow Pact signed by Muslim League and Congress
1918 - World War l ends.
1919 - Montague-Chelmslord Reforms introduced, Jallianwala Bagh
massacre of Amritsar.
1920 - Khilafat Movement launched.
1927 - Boyocott of Simon Commission, broadcasting started in India
1928 - Death of Lala Lajpat Rai
1929 - Resolution of ‘poorna Swaraj’ (complete Independence) passed at
Lahore Session of INC
1930 - Civil disobedience movement launched, Dandi March , by Mahatma Gandhi (April 6, 1930)
1931 - Gandhi-Irwin Pact
1935 - Government of India Act.
1937 - provincial Autonomy, Congress forms ministries.
1939 - World War II begins (September 3).
1941 - Escape of Subhash Chandra Bose from India, Death of
Rabindranath Tagore.
1942 - Arrival of Cripps Mission in India, Quit India movement
launched (August 8)
1943-44 - S.c.
Bose formed Provisional Government of Free
India and recognized National Army in Singapore; Bengal famine
1945 - Trial of Indian National Army at Red Fort; Shimla Conference;
World War II ends
1946 - British Cabinet Mission visits India,
1947 - Division of India; india & Pakistan form separate
independent dominions
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